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SEA TURTLE PROGRAM
Rules/Regulations
Annual Determination- Observer Requirements
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Credit: NOAA
- 2016 Annual Determination To Implement the Sea Turtle Observer Requirement
- Notice (12/24/15)
- 2015 Annual Determination for Sea Turtle Observer Requirement
- Permit Holder Notification Letter (3/19/15)
- Final Rule (3/19/15)
- Proposed Rule (10/22/14)
- 2007 Observer Requirement for Fisheries to Monitor Sea Turtle Bycatch
- Final Rule (08/03/07)
- Archives
Handling and Resuscitation Requirements
- Wheelhouse Card
- Final Rule (12/31/01)
North Carolina/Virginia Large Mesh Gillnet Requirements
- Final Rule (4/26/06)
- Final Rule (12/03/02)
Sea Scallop Dredge Fishery Requirements
Chain Mat Modified Atlantic Sea Scallop Dredge
Credit: NOAA
- 2015 Alignment of Turtle Deflector Dredge and Chain Mat Requirements
- Final Rule (4/21/15)
- Proposed Rule (3/17/15)
- 2012 Turtle Deflector Dredge Requirements
- Greater Atlantic Region Bulletin (1/7/13)
- Final Rule (4/6/12)
- Final Environmental Assessment (Updated February 2012)
- 2009 Modifications to the Chain Mat Regulations
- Final Rule (9/15/09)
- Proposed Rule (5/5/09)
- Final Environmental Assessment (9/15/09)
- Archives
Summer Flounder Fishery Requirements
Turtle Excluder Device for Trawl Net
Credit: NOAA
- Final Rule (4/17/02)
- Final Rule (10/15/99)
- Final Rule (01/24/96)
Virginia Pound Net Fishery Requirements
Pound Net Gear
Credit: NOAA
- 2015 requirements under MMPA/ESA
- Final Rule (02/09/15)
- Small Entity Compliance Guide (02/09/15)
- Proposed Rule (04/17/14)
- Final Environmental Assessment (November 2014)
- 2008 Modified Leader Inspection Program
- Final Rule (11/18/08)
- Small Entity Compliance Guide (11/18/08)
- Proposed Rule (03/1/07)
- 2006 Modified Leader Requirements
- Small Entity Compliance Guide (07/07/06)
- Final Rule (06/23/06)
- Final Environmental Assessment (June 2006)
- Proposed Rule (04/17/06)
- 2004 Leader Prohibitions/Restrictions
- Small Entity Compliance Guide (04/30/04)
- Final Rule (05/05/04)
- Final Environmental Assessment (April 2004)
- Proposed Rule (02/06/04)
- Archives
Non-Northeast Regulations
Gillnet Gear
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